Door Handings

Understanding Interior Door Types

Safe N Sound / Solid Core

A Safe N Sound, or Solid Core door, is two molded door skins. The skins are then filled, resulting in a solid door.

Safe N Sound specifically, is filled with a renewable wheat straw. The result is a door that is lighter than a standard solid core door, but blocks more sound.

Recommended Use: Laundry Rooms, Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Offices

Hollow Core

A Hollow Core door is also a molded skin. Unlike a solid core, these doors just have spacers made with corrugated cardboard or foam blocks. Resulting in a light, hollow door.

Recommended Use: Closet Doors

Stile and Rail

Stile and Rail doors are not built using a molded skin. Instead, the doors are assembled from different pieces of wood. The result is a solid door with sharper lines, and 90 degree corners. Shaker doors are examples of this.

Recommended Use: Anywhere and everywhere

Helpful Files, Forms, and Links

Door Match-Up Sheet Fillable Form to Order Doors Prepped to Match Existing Jamb

RO Sheet Framed Opening Sizes For All Doors: Wood, Hollow Metal, Pocket, and Bipass

Millwork Applications OrePac’s Guide to Millwork Terms

Prop 65 Warning

Emtek Hardware Handing Guide Instructions on How to Order Emtek Levers

Masonite Exterior Finishing Guide Applies to All Brands, Details to Avoid Voiding your Warranty

Masonite Interior Finishing Guide Applies to all Brands, Details to Avoid Voiding your Warranty

Required Overhang for Exteriors

How to Read Sierra Trim Paperwork An Example of our Order/Quote, with Color Coded Descriptions